Trump is Making America Smaller (…with a little help from his friends)

We started out as a few small settlements along the Atlantic Ocean. We became a powerful nation. And we made mistakes…

Now Trump is president. Week after week we watch our country become smaller.

Last week Trump gave us a new approach to making our country small again…let Russia do it for us! In response to the expulsion by Russia of over 750 US diplomats in Russia, Trump thanked Putin “for helping us cut the payroll.” Sad.

Have corporate/billionaire control of our republic reached such a point that it’s no longer reversible? Have we passed the tipping point where democracy dies?

A few years back, on my radio show, President Jimmy Carter said that America, in large part because of Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United, has become “just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery.”

Most Lincoln County residents agree that the need for jobs on the Central Oregon Coast is an important concern that needs solving. Most local scientists, residents and elected officials believe that climate change is already affecting our region and will likely increase. Climate pollution effects on health costs due to severe weather are expected to cost Oregonian families $1,930 per year by 2020. Family farmers don’t have enough water for crops, beef ranchers could lose up to $11 million per year by 2040 due to drought.